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Kay Faraday ([personal profile] little_thief) wrote2010-10-08 04:49 pm

Case 38: Turnabout Grounding

[It's Friday afternoon, and Kay's already planning out what she's going to do this wekeend.  Maybe some softball practice at the park, going out for burgers and a movie with her boyfriend, just generally hanging around town... typical teenager type stuff.  She comes happily bouncing on home, only to run into Tlachtga's drone waiting for her at the door.  Arms folded, foot tapping impatiently on the floor, and looking none too pleased with her oldest daughter.]

"Oh, h... hi.  Um... mom.  What's up?"

"What's up?  What's up?  This is 'what's up,' young lady!"  [And the drone holds up the box of condoms Kay had gotten from Ema for her big night with Yamamoto up on Makeout Point.  Kay immediately shrinks back, knowing exactly what kind of talk she's about to get.]  "I found these in your sock drawer while I was cleaning!  Where did you get them?"

"I... I'm just holding onto them for a friend!  They're not mine, I swear!"

"Uh-huh."  [DRONESTAAAAAAAARE.]

"O-okay... so, uh... yeah.  They are mine.  But shouldn't you be happy that I'm using protection and being safe about it?"

"Happy?  Happy?  My daughter is going around doing... indecent things! - with strange boys, and I should be happy?  Who's this guy anyway, Kay?  I've never even met him!  You won't even introduce him to me, and I'm supposed to be happy for you?"

"Well... maybe this is why I haven't introduced him!  Maybe I knew you'd just freak out like this!"

"Kay Elizabeth Crawford!"  [Yeah, her middle name isn't even Elizabeth at all, but the drone mom seems to be saying it with such conviction...]  "Don't you dare speak to me that way!  Go to your room."

"...What?"

"You heard me, young lady.  Go to your room.  You're grounded.  I'm very disappointed in you, Kay."

"You're grounding me?  You can't do that!"

"I can, and I am.  Now march."

[The drone points to the stairs.  Kay just storms up them in a huff.]

[Phone; standard non-drone, non-Grady, non-Mayor filter]

"This sucks!  My drone mom just grounded me!  Can you believe it?  I'm practically an adult myself, and she tells me to go to my room!  I'm not even allowed out of the house until the weekend's over!"

[Action - after the phone conversations]

[Anyone passing by 337 Brady will see a certain Thief of Truth attempting to stealth her way out of her room through the window.  She's trying to climb into the tree growing in the front yard just next to her window, hoping she can jump, make it into the branches, and then climb her way down and to freedom.  It's a couple of feet from the window to the tree, though, and it looks a little risky.  Feel free to ask her what the heck she's doing or try to help her get out of the house in a less immediately dangerous way.]

((OOC: Just make it clear in your first comment whether you're replying to the phone or the action stuff.))

[identity profile] ohlookboobs.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Walks by your house and sees you] Uh.....Kay?

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looks down, and quickly raises a finger to her lips.]

"Ssssshhh! My mom will hear you!"

[identity profile] ohlookboobs.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh? [Glances at the house, then turns back and whispers] What the heck are you doing?

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ACTION just because

[identity profile] countershields.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Piiiika? ( Huh?) [ What are you doing and that seems like fun. Kind of. ]

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Leans out the window, reaching with her arm toward the nearest branch to test the distance. She hasn't noticed Pikachu down there just yet.]

[identity profile] countershields.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ We'll just ... watch you for the time being! THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. ]

[identity profile] sanctusdei.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whether Kay chooses to act upon this is up to her, but your not!dad is getting an earful about you when he gets home from work. He does a lot of arguing with her, boiling down to the fact that he doesn't really give a shit *what* Kay does, and his frustrated conclusion that Tlachtga needs to shut the help up and un-drone already. She storms off crying, and he slams the door to his study.]

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Slips out of her room to go knock on dad's study door.]

[identity profile] sanctusdei.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[The door is flung open, and he's expecting to see the drone wife there. He's about to start yelling again, but he stops.]

Oh.


What.

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[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[In the process of heading down to the park, Lucas blinks in slight confusion at the girl leaning way out the window.]

. . . Um.

You should probably wait for the ninja gear before you start practicing ninja stuff, Kay.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-08 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
No time! I'm bustin' outta here!

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
I think it would only take a few seconds to use the door instead.

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[identity profile] seatcushion.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
My, my, what did you do to upset her?

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Um... she found something she didn't like in my sock drawer.

[identity profile] seatcushion.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
...Goodness, you need to hide things better.

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[identity profile] wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
... it's only a weekend.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
But I had plans this weekend! And what was she even doing snooping around in my room anyway?

[identity profile] wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That seems like something mothers often do...

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[identity profile] tsundorapettan.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw man, that frickin' sucks! Parents treatin' their kids like that pisses me off so bad.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! I mean, I'm practically an adult! Grounding is for little kids!

[identity profile] tsundorapettan.livejournal.com 2010-10-09 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't have a clue what 'grounding' is, but I know that she sure as hell can't do stuff like not allowing you out of the house on a weekend! My mom's like that too, always treatin' me like a little kid.

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Late forever!

[identity profile] not-booberry.livejournal.com 2010-10-10 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[And, of course, who is playing out in the yard like a little hyperactive retard? This girl, that's who!

Phantasma finally stops running into things and laughing and looks up, to see her big not!sis, and calls out.
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Eee eee hee hee ha ha ha--!! Kay! Hey, hey! Kay! Are you gonna fly? I thought you weren't, like, magic or anything!

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-10 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Whips her hand up to her mouth in the universal 'sssshhhh' gesture.]

"Phantasma! Quiet! Mom will hear you!"

Better late then never!!!

[identity profile] derp-detective.livejournal.com 2010-10-12 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Gumshoe is walking down the street, carrying some bags full of what is obviously Halloween decorations and has a big smile plastered on his face. It doesn't last though as, out of the corner of his eye, he catches sight of someone hanging out a window, looking about to jump. What's worse is he knows who it is.]

"KAY! What in the world are you doing?! You're going to hurt yourself!"

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2010-10-12 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay, I know what I'm doing!